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Yes. The word pompholyx is a Scrabble US word. The word pompholyx is worth 28 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word pompholyx is a Scrabble UK word and has 28 points:

P3O1M3P3H4O1L1Y4X8

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9-letter words (1 found)

POMPHOLYX,

5-letter words (11 found)

HOOLY,HOPPY,LOOPY,LOPPY,LYMPH,MOOLY,MOPPY,OOMPH,PHLOX,POLYP,POOPY,

4-letter words (30 found)

HOLM,HOLO,HOLP,HOLY,HOMO,HOMY,HOOP,HYPO,LOOM,LOOP,MOHO,MOLY,MOOL,MOOP,MOPY,MOYL,MYXO,OPPO,PLOP,PLOY,POLO,POLY,POMO,POMP,POOH,POOL,POOP,POXY,YOMP,YOOP,

3-letter words (34 found)

HOM,HOO,HOP,HOX,HOY,HYP,LOO,LOP,LOX,LOY,LYM,MHO,MOL,MOO,MOP,MOY,OHM,OHO,OLM,OOH,OOM,OOP,OXO,OXY,PHO,PLY,POH,POL,POM,POO,POP,POX,PYX,YOM,

2-letter words (13 found)

HM,HO,LO,MO,MY,OH,OM,OO,OP,OX,OY,PO,YO,

You can make 89 words from pompholyx according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pompholyx

pompholyx

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek [Term?] (“a bubble; the slag on the surface of smelted ore”).

Noun

pompholyx (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) dyshidrosis
  2. (chemistry, obsolete) impure zinc oxide

Derived terms

  • cheiropompholyx
  • podopompholyx

References

  • “pompholyx”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpom.pʰo.lyks/, [ˈpɔmpʰɔlʲʏks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpom.fo.liks/, [ˈpɔmfoliks]

Noun

pompholyx f (genitive pompholygis); third declension

  1. A substance deposited from the smoke of smelting furnaces

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

  • “pompholyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pompholyx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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